Cinnamon Crusted Coffee Cheesecake Pie With Caramel Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs and coffee; mix just until blended. Pour into crust.
• Bake 35 to 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely.
• Refrigerate 3 hours. Melt chocolate as directed on package; drizzle over pie. Serve topped with Coffee-Caramel Sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (350F or Gas 4). Grease a 20 cm (8-in) rd spring-form cake tin & set aside.
• FOR BASE ~ Using a blender or magic bullet, crush the cookies to a fine crumb texture & combine w/melted butter in a bowl. Using the curved side of a lrg tbsp, press the mixture evenly onto the base of the prepared tin & chill while preparing the filling.
• FOR FILLING ~ Beat the cream cheese & cream in a bowl. Add eggs, flour, sugar, coffee & cinnamon. Beat together thoroughly & pour onto the cookie base.
• Melt chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the top of the cheesecake. Using the handle of a tsp, swirl the chocolate over the surface of the cheesecake to create a marbled effect.
• Bake for 50-60 min till firm. Leave to cool slowly in the oven w/the door ajar. When cooled, carefully release sides of spring-form tin & chill for at least 2 hrs b4 serving.
• NOTE #1: *DO NOT USE* a moist variety choc chip cookie for the base. I used a commercially bought pkg of the crunchy type & they were perfect for the base. A softer cookie will make the base too buttery & soft.
• NOTE #2: I did not have the right size spring-form pan, so I made mine in a 9-in pie plate but do not recommend this unless you are able to use a deep-dish pie plate of that size. I still had filling left after pouring it onto the base & up to 3/4-in from the rim, so I put the balance of filling in 2 ramekins.
• NOTE #3: The base & filling are both very quick & easy fixes, but I honestly found the marbling effect on the surface tedious for what it contributed. Choc is wonderful w/coffee, cinnamon & this cheesecake ~ but frankly a thin stream of choc syrup will do equally well for the taste & presentation.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Turn out pate brisee onto a lightly floured surface. Roll dough to a 1/8-inch thickness. Transfer and press dough to a 9-inch fluted pie dish, or fit dough into a regular pie dish, and flute edges. Line dough with parchment paper, leaving a 1-inch overhang. Fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until edge just begins to turn golden brown, about 25 minutes. Remove parchment and pie weights. Bake until crust is golden, about 15 minutes more. Transfer dish to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
• Bring cream, milk, vanilla seeds and pod, cinnamon sticks, and ground cinnamon to a gentle simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat, cover, and let steep for 20 minutes. Remove vanilla pod and cinnamon sticks; discard.
• Whisk together yolks and sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and thick, about 2 minutes. Add hot cream mixture and arrowroot, and whisk until mixture is smooth. Pour through a fine sieve into cooled piecrust. Skim any foam from surface of filling. Bake until pie is just set but center is still slightly wobbly, about 50 minutes. Transfer dish to a wire rack, and let cool completely. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 4 hours, or overnight. Lightly dust top of pie with ground cinnamon.

Steps:

• For crust:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Wrap outside of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides with 2 layers of heavy-duty foil. Finely grind cashews and brown sugar in processor. Add flour, salt, and spices; blend 5 seconds. Add butter and blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add egg yolk; using on/off turns, blend until moist clumps form. Press dough over bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of prepared pan. Pierce crust all over with fork. Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Cool crust. Maintain oven temperature.
• For filling:
• Combine first 3 ingredients in large bowl. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean. Using electric mixer, beat cheese mixture until smooth and fluffy. Add mascarpone cheese and sour cream; beat at low speed just until blended, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally. Add eggs 2 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Transfer filling to prepared crust.
• Place springform pan in large roasting pan. Fill roasting pan with enough hot water to come halfway up sides of springform pan. Place roasting pan with cheesecake in oven; cover roasting pan with foil. Bake cheesecake 30 minutes. Lift edge of foil to allow steam to escape; cover again. Bake cake 30 minutes. Lift foil again; cover again. Bake until cake is loosely set but filling jiggles all over when pan is shaken gently, lifting foil every 10 minutes, about 30 minutes longer. Remove cheesecake from water. Place on rack; cool 1 hour. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, at least 6 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; keep refrigerated.)
• Cut around pan sides to release cheesecake. Cut into wedges. Drizzle each wedge with warm caramel sauce. Spoon some fruit alongside and serve.
• *Italian cream cheese, available at Italian markets and many supermarkets.